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Solo pvp - the Breacher - beginners guide
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Mehenn
What Could Go Wrong
Shadow Cartel
#1 - 2013-04-28 02:54:40 UTC  |  Edited by: Mehenn
Motto:
Quote:
Mehenn > bear in mind, that i am not perfect :) just showing that cheap frigs can be fun


Youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvsGtE16ofsaKb_MgpDY6Qw
Custom graphic gallery: https://plus.google.com/photos/111849805198580868791/albums/5871723620718405377 (later edit, forgot to add it Oops)

FAQ:

Q: Why?
A: I like solo PVP. It's not that easy to find some in this blobbing world we call EVE. Pirate YARRR!

Q: Why frigates?
A: They are cheap. And easy to use (low skill requirements also). A beginner can easily use them and also can easily replace them isk-wise. The fights are short and intense. And fun.

Q: Why factional warfare complex?
A: Because it provides me a bit of protection against blobbing. I can at least try to control the engagement.

Q: Why kiting and not brawling?
A: Because it provides me a bit of protection against blobbing. I can at least try to control the engagement. (Yay! same reason!)

Q: Kiting is g*y! Everyone can do it. Hit orbit and fire 'ze missiles'!
A: Well... It's not that easy. I need to brawl sometime when I got scrammed/webbed. Only twice survived and once I even got a kill! Shocked Also range control is a bit harder. Especially trying to dodge slingshots, drones, rockets, multiple opponents.

Q: Why bragging about your kills?
A: I don't brag. Started recording to study them and learn from my mistakes. Then I decided to share them. And every little step I took made me product them. Custom graphic, music, side comments, etc. And I enjoy doing them. Blink

Q: Can you help me create graphics and maybe video editing?
A: I can try...

Q: Will you do more videos?
A: Yes. As many as I can. I still have over 500GB of unedited video from this winter... Maybe I'll start finish those. + new ones once I get them every day. I try to record every PVP I get, dissect it and learn from it. Share it.

Hope you guys like it. Enjoy, rate & comment. Youtube and here.

FS and see you out there!

Sometimes I wanna kill / Sometimes I wanna die Sometimes I wanna destroy / Sometimes I wanna cry Sometimes I could get even / Sometimes I could give up Sometimes I could give / Sometimes I never give a fuck     Don't Damn Me - Guns n'Roses
Tsobai Hashimoto
State War Academy
Caldari State
#2 - 2013-04-28 03:24:22 UTC
plus one for the spirit. i myself also enjoy cheap t1 frig pvp and the fw that lets me get into it


what program do you use to edit videos?
Mehenn
What Could Go Wrong
Shadow Cartel
#3 - 2013-04-28 03:47:28 UTC
Hi and thanks for your prise :)

Tsobai Hashimoto wrote:
what program do you use to edit videos?


  • Cyberlink Power Director for videos
  • GIMP for images
  • Free space fonts for fonts


Sometimes I wanna kill / Sometimes I wanna die Sometimes I wanna destroy / Sometimes I wanna cry Sometimes I could get even / Sometimes I could give up Sometimes I could give / Sometimes I never give a fuck     Don't Damn Me - Guns n'Roses
Seraph Castillon
In Control
Neon Nightmares
#4 - 2013-04-28 10:04:37 UTC
Killing rifters and punishers isn't exactly all that. I do agree on the kiting though. When out solo it lets you take a lot more fight since you never have to commit to one.
Garviel Tarrant
Beyond Divinity Inc
Shadow Cartel
#5 - 2013-04-28 10:15:10 UTC
Killing AB ships with lml's and TD's really isn't all that..


Breacher is way more fun rocket fitted ^^

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l0rd carlos
the king asked me to guard the mountain
#6 - 2013-04-28 12:38:48 UTC
You can even fit 2 DT.
AB ships have no chance of catching you.

It's just as gay as condors :S

I sometimes fly it, but i try to choose other ships.

Youtube Channel about Micro and Small scale PvP with commentary: Fleet Commentary by l0rd carlos
Garviel Tarrant
Beyond Divinity Inc
Shadow Cartel
#7 - 2013-04-28 16:10:08 UTC  |  Edited by: Garviel Tarrant
[Breacher, Garviel Tarrant's Breacher]
Damage Control II
Ballistic Control System II
Nanofiber Internal Structure II

Medium Shield Booster II
1MN Afterburner II
Faint Epsilon Warp Scrambler I
Fleeting Propulsion Inhibitor I

Rocket Launcher II,Caldari Navy Nova Rocket
Rocket Launcher II,Caldari Navy Nova Rocket
Rocket Launcher II,Caldari Navy Nova Rocket

Small Anti-EM Screen Reinforcer I
Small Anti-EM Screen Reinforcer I
Small Anti-Thermal Screen Reinforcer I


Manliest way to fit a breacher

Lets you be all pro and **** with your cap control. Managed to get 15:1 with this in the tusker FFA and flown well its quite good.

Its no incursus but still, quite good. (Use an ASB if you're terrible) [Edit: This fit is outdated, use a MASB one instead]

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Mehenn
What Could Go Wrong
Shadow Cartel
#8 - 2013-04-28 16:14:40 UTC  |  Edited by: Mehenn
Seraph Castillon wrote:
Killing rifters and punishers isn't exactly all that. I do agree on the kiting though. When out solo it lets you take a lot more fight since you never have to commit to one.

l0rd carlos wrote:
You can even fit 2 DT.
AB ships have no chance of catching you.

It's just as gay as condors :S

Garviel Tarrant wrote:
Killing AB ships with lml's and TD's really isn't all that..


I don't pick my fights. I fight everything I encounter. Just looks like there are quite some AB fitting frigates. But each of them have their chance. They have a scanner to see me coming. When I use the acceleration gate then can either align out (or at least put some distance between their ship and the beacon) or stay there and pin me down with scram/web.

Also a lot of AB frigates are agile and they can reach more that 1,5 km overheating their AB. Than means 1 thing: slingshot. Either to go for a warp wither to go for a point/web.

There is another type of fights I encounter quite a lot and I die quite a lot, and opposite to the popular belief - that you can see only wins on youtube - I records them, show them and try to learn from them. The anti kitter. Thrashers, Kestrels, Cormorant, etc.

And the last bot not least. The real deal. The hardcore PVP-ers. I fight them all the time. Yes. Those guys that know what to do when they engage. They mostly engage on their own terms. And they give you a hell of a fight.

Yes, I agree. Kiting AB(afterburner N.R.) low skill point punishers is g*y. If you do only that. I am no griefer. I just hav fun, avoid blobbing and try to give some advises and I was advised on my own when I was a low skill pilot.

Fly safe and see you out there!

P.S. After every single fight, I talk with the pilot. Or at least try. And see what/when/why went wrong. Almost 80% of the fights they go down from piloting errors. Or I go down from the same type of errors.

Sometimes I wanna kill / Sometimes I wanna die Sometimes I wanna destroy / Sometimes I wanna cry Sometimes I could get even / Sometimes I could give up Sometimes I could give / Sometimes I never give a fuck     Don't Damn Me - Guns n'Roses
Garviel Tarrant
Beyond Divinity Inc
Shadow Cartel
#9 - 2013-04-28 19:43:38 UTC
Mehenn wrote:
Seraph Castillon wrote:
Killing rifters and punishers isn't exactly all that. I do agree on the kiting though. When out solo it lets you take a lot more fight since you never have to commit to one.

l0rd carlos wrote:
You can even fit 2 DT.
AB ships have no chance of catching you.

It's just as gay as condors :S

Garviel Tarrant wrote:
Killing AB ships with lml's and TD's really isn't all that..


I don't pick my fights. I fight everything I encounter. Just looks like there are quite some AB fitting frigates. But each of them have their chance. They have a scanner to see me coming. When I use the acceleration gate then can either align out (or at least put some distance between their ship and the beacon) or stay there and pin me down with scram/web.

Also a lot of AB frigates are agile and they can reach more that 1,5 km overheating their AB. Than means 1 thing: slingshot. Either to go for a warp wither to go for a point/web.

There is another type of fights I encounter quite a lot and I die quite a lot, and opposite to the popular belief - that you can see only wins on youtube - I records them, show them and try to learn from them. The anti kitter. Thrashers, Kestrels, Cormorant, etc.

And the last bot not least. The real deal. The hardcore PVP-ers. I fight them all the time. Yes. Those guys that know what to do when they engage. They mostly engage on their own terms. And they give you a hell of a fight.

Yes, I agree. Kiting AB(afterburner N.R.) low skill point punishers is g*y. If you do only that. I am no griefer. I just hav fun, avoid blobbing and try to give some advises and I was advised on my own when I was a low skill pilot.

Fly safe and see you out there!

P.S. After every single fight, I talk with the pilot. Or at least try. And see what/when/why went wrong. Almost 80% of the fights they go down from piloting errors. Or I go down from the same type of errors.


Get more fights so that you can pick the good ones for a video :D

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Mehenn
What Could Go Wrong
Shadow Cartel
#10 - 2013-04-28 20:33:39 UTC
Quote:
Get more fights so that you can pick the good ones for a video :D

I am trying :) But form every fight you can learn something...
I decided to share the fights when the outcome doesn't come in form of a wreck. As long as they provide some learning material.

Sometimes I wanna kill / Sometimes I wanna die Sometimes I wanna destroy / Sometimes I wanna cry Sometimes I could get even / Sometimes I could give up Sometimes I could give / Sometimes I never give a fuck     Don't Damn Me - Guns n'Roses
Skelee VI
Appetite 4 Destruction
#11 - 2013-04-28 22:27:42 UTC
Kudos for going it solo. I solo all the time. But I would say that a breacher would get torn up most of the time where I am.
So a destroyer or AF is much better option. I think people make a mistake, always setup for kyting or bawling not in between.
A fast ship would catch you and tear you up or if u get scrammed. choose targets wisely.
Garviel Tarrant
Beyond Divinity Inc
Shadow Cartel
#12 - 2013-04-28 23:52:55 UTC
Skelee VI wrote:
Kudos for going it solo. I solo all the time. But I would say that a breacher would get torn up most of the time where I am.
So a destroyer or AF is much better option. I think people make a mistake, always setup for kyting or bawling not in between.
A fast ship would catch you and tear you up or if u get scrammed. choose targets wisely.


Straight

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Taoist Dragon
Okata Syndicate
#13 - 2013-04-29 00:12:16 UTC
Good on you OP for getting out there and having fun.

As for the 'Ghey' comments about kiting AB frigs...bah just ignore them. When out in frigates solo you kill what you can. if you are wanting to be some form of e-samurai then go join RvB and e-bushido to you hearts content.

Keep killing anything and everything that gets in your crosshairs and flying the flag for solo pvp. o7


fake edit: but why the breacher?! it's like a peice of scaffold with and engine attached. surely you can pick a nicer looking ship to fly. Even better get kills in a rifter and see how many people come on here and scream at you for flying it as it so obviosuly useless nowadays ShockedTwisted

That is the Way, the Tao.

Balance is everything.
Garviel Tarrant
Beyond Divinity Inc
Shadow Cartel
#14 - 2013-04-29 02:42:20 UTC
I don't think anyone was calling the fights themselves gay.

I think it was mostly them not really being vid worthy :P But non the less, whatever works for you to keep you motivated.

The more people there are pvping the better

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Mehenn
What Could Go Wrong
Shadow Cartel
#15 - 2013-04-29 03:10:13 UTC  |  Edited by: Mehenn
Garviel Tarrant wrote:
I don't think anyone was calling the fights themselves gay.

I think it was mostly them not really being vid worthy :P But non the less, whatever works for you to keep you motivated.

The more people there are pvping the better

If you look over the internet, there is a gap in the Eve PVP videos.

We start with: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNyfI4dv1dg
And then jump to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn1DbCaBsBE or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrYe_4vHzgE

Those are awesome pieces of work that requires a lot of work and training. And I am sure, it all started like small frigate fights. Then escalated. But when I started Eve PVP-ing I would have love to see and study some of the small scale/solo pvp. There were almost none. And many of them (talking about the videos - later edit) nowdays are picked up to be worthy.

Mine is no worthy stuff. Its the 90% of the unseen life of Eve PVP. With its goods. Bads. Mistakes. Wrecks.

That's why I do them. To cover the gap.

Sometimes I wanna kill / Sometimes I wanna die Sometimes I wanna destroy / Sometimes I wanna cry Sometimes I could get even / Sometimes I could give up Sometimes I could give / Sometimes I never give a fuck     Don't Damn Me - Guns n'Roses
Garviel Tarrant
Beyond Divinity Inc
Shadow Cartel
#16 - 2013-04-29 11:36:36 UTC
Mehenn wrote:
Garviel Tarrant wrote:
I don't think anyone was calling the fights themselves gay.

I think it was mostly them not really being vid worthy :P But non the less, whatever works for you to keep you motivated.

The more people there are pvping the better

If you look over the internet, there is a gap in the Eve PVP videos.

We start with: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNyfI4dv1dg
And then jump to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn1DbCaBsBE or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrYe_4vHzgE

Those are awesome pieces of work that requires a lot of work and training. And I am sure, it all started like small frigate fights. Then escalated. But when I started Eve PVP-ing I would have love to see and study some of the small scale/solo pvp. There were almost none. And many of them (talking about the videos - later edit) nowdays are picked up to be worthy.

Mine is no worthy stuff. Its the 90% of the unseen life of Eve PVP. With its goods. Bads. Mistakes. Wrecks.

That's why I do them. To cover the gap.


Thats a good Attitude, you should join BYDI.

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Meditril
Hoplite Brigade
Ushra'Khan
#17 - 2013-04-29 15:11:45 UTC
Just out of curiosity. Why do you go for Breacher instead of the Condor of doom?
Mehenn
What Could Go Wrong
Shadow Cartel
#18 - 2013-04-29 23:45:46 UTC
Meditril wrote:
Just out of curiosity. Why do you go for Breacher instead of the Condor of doom?


To show some love to other frigates :) Although the Breacher is kinda skinny !

Sometimes I wanna kill / Sometimes I wanna die Sometimes I wanna destroy / Sometimes I wanna cry Sometimes I could get even / Sometimes I could give up Sometimes I could give / Sometimes I never give a fuck     Don't Damn Me - Guns n'Roses
Shintoko Akahoshi
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#19 - 2013-05-06 22:37:54 UTC
Kudos, both for the solo fights and doing them in the Breacher! It's a hugely underestimated ship, and I've loved it from way back in the cruise missile frigate days.

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Garviel Tarrant
Beyond Divinity Inc
Shadow Cartel
#20 - 2013-05-07 01:40:22 UTC
Shintoko Akahoshi wrote:
Kudos, both for the solo fights and doing them in the Breacher! It's a hugely underestimated ship, and I've loved it from way back in the cruise missile frigate days.



It is way better than people think

Even as a brawler.

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